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#ifndef _HL7_OBJECT_H_
#define _HL7_OBJECT_H_

#include <hl7/common.hpp>
#include <hl7/util.hpp>
#include <hl7/object.hpp>

namespace hl7 {
    /**
     * \class hl7object
     * \brief Container/manager for segment types in HL7 message. 
     *
     */
    class hl7object : public baseobject {
        public:
            hl7object(const std::string &data,
                      const std::string &rsep = "\r",
                      const std::string &fsep = "|",
                      const std::string &ssep = "^") : odata(data),
                                                       recordsep(rsep),
                                                       fieldsep(fsep),
                                                       subfieldsep(ssep) {};

            virtual ~hl7object() {};

            virtual std::string rs() const { return recordsep; };
            virtual std::string fs() const { return fieldsep; }; 
            virtual std::string sfs() const { return subfieldsep; };

        protected:
            std::string odata;

            std::string recordsep;
            std::string fieldsep;
            std::string subfieldsep;
    };

};

#endif
